Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!ksand From: ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: A/UX and System 7 Message-ID: <51916@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 24 Apr 91 01:10:16 GMT References: Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 29 In article jc5e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jonathan D. Cohen) writes: >Repeat of prior message (Title got lost in last one): > >I am contemplating "coming aboard" the A/UX platform. However, I would >like to know if A/UX will support/be compatible with System 7? Does >A/UX run its own version of Multifinder, or does it "pick up" the >current (resident) Mac system? Thanks in advance for any information (and >tolerance of my ignorance). A/UX has it's own special version of MultiFinder, actually based a lot on the MF 6.1b9 (the one used with SADE for instance). If you check the additional menu entries like logout and CommandShell there was a need for some additional functionality. Now speaking about System 7, A/UX traps all kinds of A-line traps that the apps and standalone code (inits, DAs, CDEVs...) trigger. Any System 7 specific traps and glue can't be handled by A/UX, i.e. it does not understand for instance anything with the Edition Manager, and how to route these calls. I'm sure this question will pop up once a month, but I have done my duty :-). Kent Sandvik, MacDTS -- Disclaimer: Private and personal activities on USENET, non-company sponsored